Finnish newcomer Bird from the Abyss apparently does many sorts of experimentalism. The ep opens with an excellent drone-flute wave, of which I would have like to hear a lot more. Song to the Great Black Fox, the next track, is acoustic guitar with small drones behind it, sounding more like an interlude on a metal album than something really original. It also ends just as it seems to be becoming something more interesting. The same problem is present in the following track. The fourth, Abdul Alhazred’s Anxiety is also style-wise quite similar, but gets a nice extra kick from a rgythm that develops behind the guitar.

Several pieces, and also a good sound range, on this disc show that one can expect some interesting things from this artist in the future. Currently, however, there’s originality missing from all the tracks excluding the first, and that originality would be needed to both awaken and keep up the listeners’ interest.